Pale Surname
Approximately 110,837 people bear this surname
Pale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 53,674 | 1:430 | 50 |
| Burkina Faso | 25,442 | 1:721 | 112 |
| Mozambique | 10,506 | 1:2,595 | 637 |
| India | 9,153 | 1:83,805 | 5,623 |
| Mexico | 3,815 | 1:32,536 | 2,022 |
| Cameroon | 1,815 | 1:11,443 | 1,553 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,232 | 1:6,618 | 446 |
| Indonesia | 1,220 | 1:108,401 | 11,099 |
| South Africa | 988 | 1:54,836 | 6,964 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Philippines | 385 | 1:262,956 | 38,784 |
| DR Congo | 280 | 1:263,856 | 24,810 |
| United States | 272 | 1:1,332,570 | 92,890 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Congo | 138 | 1:36,153 | 3,489 |
| Austria | 114 | 1:74,697 | 11,341 |
| Croatia | 108 | 1:39,154 | 7,862 |
| Uganda | 102 | 1:382,738 | 24,349 |
| Ecuador | 75 | 1:212,078 | 8,027 |
| Argentina | 73 | 1:585,526 | 41,795 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| France | 66 | 1:1,006,405 | 112,047 |
| Uruguay | 42 | 1:81,709 | 8,364 |
| Thailand | 40 | 1:1,765,959 | 222,048 |
| Spain | 39 | 1:1,198,770 | 41,125 |
| Italy | 37 | 1:1,652,883 | 83,776 |
| Lesotho | 36 | 1:56,460 | 8,384 |
| Switzerland | 30 | 1:273,764 | 22,252 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Myanmar | 25 | 1:2,077,519 | 669 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21 | 1:168,400 | 10,427 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Tonga | 9 | 1:11,924 | 307 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 69 | 1:353,266 | 22,372 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 110 | 1:456,533 | 32,843 |
The alternate forms: Palé (31), Păle (2) & Pâle (1) are calculated separately.
Pale (11,628) may also be a first name.
Pale Demographics
Average Male Pale Height
171.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pale (Hindi: पाले, Marathi: पाले, Oriya: ପାେଲ) occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may occur as: Palé, Păle or Pâle. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pale? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,106th most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 65,750 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Pale live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 55,352nd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 11,628 people.
It is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 53,674 people, or 1 in 430. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Zanzan District, where 49 percent are found, Bas-Sassandra District, where 11 percent are found and Montagnes District, where 10 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast it exists in 78 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 23 percent are found and Mozambique, where 9 percent are found.
Pale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pale has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pale last name expanded 247 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 78 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pale Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Pale last name are 15.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 62.07% registered with the party.
The amount Pale earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 48.01% less than the national average, earning R 123,540 per year; in United States they earn 14.9% less than the national average, earning $36,719 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.78% less than the national average, earning $31,412 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pale in the Hindi language | ||
| पाले | pale | 99 |
| पाल | pala | 0.42 |
| पले | pale | 0.33 |
| पाली | pali | 0.08 |
| Pale in the Marathi language | ||
| पाले | pale | 83.22 |
| पळे | pale | 10.42 |
| पाळे | pale | 3.76 |
| पले | pale | 1.45 |
| पेाले | peale | 0.58 |
| पालॅ | pale | 0.1 |
| पाल | pala | 0.1 |
| फाळे | phale | 0.05 |
| फले | phale | 0.05 |
| पालेे | palee | 0.05 |
| Pale in the Oriya language | ||
| ପାେଲ | paela | 66.48 |
| ପେଲ | pela | 29.92 |
| ପାେଳ | paela | 3.05 |
| ପାଲା | pala | 0.28 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pale
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